  | "It's, as I say, a desire to affirm my faith in life, not in some formal religious way but with enthusiasm, with emotion.... It's a rather joyous song." ~ Leonard Cohen, creator of the song, Hallelujah. He says: "I wanted to write something in the tradition of the hallelujah choruses but from a different point of view... It's the notion that there is no perfection ~ that this is a broken world and we live with broken hearts and broken lives but still that is no alibi for anything. On the contrary, you have to stand up and say hallelujah under those circumstances."
Canadian indie singer-songwriter Allison Crowe's uniquely potent interpretation is heard on her album, "Tidings".
(The song enjoys increasingly wide appreciation - even marching into the mainstream in 2008 with a tv performance by American Idol contestant Jason Castro and by UK X Factor winner Alexandra Burke. Leonard Cohen himself has been inspiring audiences on tour this year - he performed Hallelujah as the sun set on Glastonbury 2008.)
"It's not hard to see why Crowe's Hallelujah -- recorded in a single take -- is popular. It's one of Leonard Cohen's most affecting songs, and the 26-year-old, accompanying herself on piano, makes it her own with raw honesty and formidable vocal power. It's simultaneously heart-breaking and redemptive, and it has captured the imaginations of people around the world. 'The song itself is just so emotionally resonant,' Crowe said modestly this week." ~ Adrian Chamberlain, Times Colonist (Canada)
"Bet you thought you heard all the versions you need to hear of this song, right? Think again, because Allison Crowe has a voice to fall in love with. She is from Vancouver Island in Canada, descended from Scottish, Irish, and Manx stock. She's exactly the sort of artist who can make serious headway on her own label and that's just what she's doing." ~ Record of the Day (UK)
"Hallelujah, by Leonard Cohen. This song has somehow become Crowe's signature, if a singer who defies description as stubbornly as she does has a signature... Cohen's original version is a spoken poem, all of the meaning contained in the words. Crowe's version is a living thing, a meditation and a celebration and a benediction." ~ anacronym (Canada)
"Crowe's warm, natural, passionate - and need I add lovely? - voice are perhaps shown to best effect on another glorious standard, Leonard Cohen's magnificent and deeply spiritual quest for faith, Hallelujah." ~ Martin Levin, Women's Post (Canada)
"j'ai rarement été bouleversée à ce point par une voix féminine. Pure comme de la glace, puissante et même violente sur la reprise de l'Hallelujah de Leonard Cohen." (en Francais - English translation follows) "I have never been so moved by a woman's voice. Pure as ice, powerful and even violent on the cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah." ~ SplinterMuse (France)
"(Jeff) Buckley especially just blew the song to pieces and every artist after him has tried and failed to put it back together. Until now. Allison Crowe manages to pump 'Hallelujah' full of all the soaring vocals and raw emotion that it requires. And the result is a big beautiful lump in the throat." ~ Muruch (USA) blog praises the Buckley and Crowe versions as very different, each great in its own way
Allison's hometown covers the whole of Canada - from Nanaimo, Vancouver Island to Corner Brook, Newfoundland. It's a land rich with songs of glory, joy and rare, natural, beauty. Auteur: Adrian22 Tags: acoustic Alexandra Allison Buckley Burke Cale Canada Castro chanson Chubby Cohen Crowe Factor folk Glastonbury glory Hallelujah hometown Jason Jeff John Leonard live music piano Popa rock Rufus singer songwriter voice Wainwright Ajoutée: jeudi 26 octobre 1916 21:03:33 |
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 | She was a pre-med student on her way to becoming a surgeon, but the trauma of being molested as a child and her parents' brutal divorce haunted Allison. She started to inhale computer dust remover, which is potentially fatal with each breath. Her erratic behavior and absence from classes got Allison dropped from the pre-med program. Allison is currently inhaling up to ten cans of dust remover a day. Can interventionist Jeff help Allison and her family? Auteur: BastisWifey Tags: a&e addict addicted addiction allison dust episode full inhale inhaling intervention remover show tv Ajoutée: samedi 22 avril 2028 13:09:11 |
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 | Allison Janney of Juno and The West Wing interview with Jiminy Glick @ Netflix Home on Spirit Awards Red Carpet 2008.
Subscribe now to the Netflix Now Playing Channel @ http://www.youtube.com/netflixnowplaying Auteur: NetflixNowPlaying Tags: Allison Awards comedy funny Glick humor interview Janney jewno Jiminy Juno Martin Short shushan Spirit West Wing Ajoutée: lundi 24 août 2009 05:17:20 |
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 | Canuck indie singer-songwriter Allison Crowe pays tribute to one of her great inspirations, Joni Mitchell, in this live performance of River ~ a song from Mitchell's timeless album, "Blue". The song appears on Allison Crowe's "Tidings" album.
"An intensely moving rendition of "River," one of my favorite holiday tunes. When the artist sings the crystalline, sorrowful line "I made my baby cry," you can almost feel the tears welling up inside." ~ Carol Swanson, ChristmasReviews & Professor of Law at Hamline University (USA)
"One of my favorites; there is a pinch of Shawn (Colvin) in Allison's voice, except imo Allison has more punch and emotional bite in her vocals. She makes singing this song seem easy, and anyone who's tried it will tell you it's not." ~ Bob Muller, Joni Mitchell Discussion List (USA)
"truly transcendent" ~ Joseph Blake, The Times Colonist (Canada) Auteur: Adrian22 Tags: acoustic Allison Canada chanson Christmas Crowe folk jazz Joni live Mitchell music performance piano River singer voice Ajoutée: mercredi 08 novembre 1916 19:14:51 |
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 | Luther allison was/is my favorite blues person.I have seen him perform 2 times, and both shows were 4 hours long.He didnt take a break in either show.
luther always took the time to talk to his fans...no matter how tired he may have been. Luther allison truly was a SOUL FIXIN MAN.
I miss him greatly. Auteur: Sodafixer Tags: allison blues fixin luther man remembering soul Ajoutée: jeudi 31 août 1961 20:35:32 |
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 | Music video by Allison Moorer performing Send Down An Angel
with Kenny Greenberg [Producer], Allison Moorer [Producer], Doyle Primm [Producer]
(C) 2000 MCA Nashville Auteur: Universalmusicgroup Tags: [Producer] Allison An Angel Country Down Doyle Greenberg Kenny MCA Moorer Nashville Primm Send Ajoutée: jeudi 25 avril 1968 11:45:07 |
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